Early fame and fortune often seem to send people over the top.
The company's economic fortunes also seemed to go downhill from that point.
At the time, the airline's fortunes could not have seemed lower.
Just as fame and fortune seem upon him, he always seems to slip away.
This season, though, good fortune finally seems to be on his side.
For the first time, fortune doesn't seem to be in his corner.
Luck had been with them, but now this good fortune seemed to be at an end.
The city's fortunes seemed to decline with those of the empire.
William's good fortune returned again upon her mind, and seemed of greater value than at first.
Her fortunes seem to vary over the course of the series.